Tuesday, May 20, 2008

COMMENTS: You can't pick your spots in the Dodgers' formidable lineup. At least, that's what Reds manager Dusty Baker has got to be thinking after Russell Martin, as the winning run, gets to third with one out in the ninth; Baker proceeds to issue free passes to Free James Loney and Matt 4-for-4 Kemp, only to get burned when Blake DeWitt hits DeWinning base hit to left. Vin Scully gets at least one more night to drive home the point that the Reds have not won at Dodger Stadium since 2005. But tonight, things get even more testy now that Gary Bennett joins Andruw Jones on the DL. Without Bennett (.190) and Jones (.167) in the lineup, will the Dodgers have a fighting chance?

Who said signature "quickness" was the qualifier to be a leadoff man? Why can't OBP be the standard stat to establish who should leadoff and who shouldn't? And when do we consider moving Laroche to second base to cover Kent when leaves next year. I'm not sold on Abreu.

Hey guys, mlb.tv is giving my problems tonight when I say to it, "could I please give you some money so that I may watch baseball on my computer?". Its response so far has been, "absolutely not. We are experiencing some sort of error."

In other words, I may need some play-by-play from you fellas to make it a little easier on me. GameCast and Gameday can only tell me so much.

I only hope I can make it through this game. I've spent the last two days walking all over Chicago, and it's been a few years since I've been in a city where walking is so encouraged. My legs are not used to it. I am beat.

Don't get me wrong, I love walking places instead of driving. And I run a lot for exercise, but the constant walking all day is just not normal for me. I'll get used to it, but today and yesterday are catching up to me tonight.

I got into my car at around 915p and Charley sounded positively bored. Rick and Charley were detailing a bet that Jr had lost to Josh Fogg, in which Ken Griffey Jr remitted payment in 150,000 pennies. 60 16-lb boxes. Yikes.